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Now available in Print! “The Beet Goes On”

September 1, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

A perfect 5" by 7" Gift Book especially designed for best friends, for family, for your favorite gardener or dog lover. **********          **********          **********          **********          ********* "It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Beyond Cancer, Dogs, Friends, Grief and Loss, Life, Love, People Tagged With: aging, cancer, dogs, Erma Bombeck, Friends, gardening, humor, Susan Troccolo, The Beet Goes On, well-being, women

Fly and her farm family

September 1, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

The Fabulous Fly and her farm family For anyone who hasn't heard, we are having a brutal fire season in the Pacific Northwest. I’m writing on a day when the smoke is filling the air and we hear that 12,000 acres of land have already been burned in the forests of eastern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dogs, Food, Life, People Tagged With: Border Collies, Lambs, Magnolia Farm, sheep farming, sheepdogs, Susan Troccolo

Sustainable Farming: Elissa’s Place

November 4, 2014 By Susan Troccolo

  Animals are not brethren They are not underlings. They are other nations Caught like ourselves In this web of life and time. ~On a Northern Farm by Henry Beston Our family has always had herding breeds. We love their intelligence, devotion to their people, and their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dogs, Food, Friends, Life Tagged With: Border Collies, cooking lamb, Henry Beston, herding dogs, Susan Troccolo, sustainable farming

Grateful for Paddy

November 5, 2013 By Susan Troccolo

  There is only one way I know to completely quiet myself down before the holiday season and that is through gratitude. It’s the only thing that has ever really worked for me. And believe me, I’ve tried a lot of things! I guess it is because there is nothing in the act of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Change, Dogs, Friends, Life, Marriage, People Tagged With: Border Collie, Gratitude, Holiday season busyness, Old Ladies, Patrick Troccolo, Thanksgiving

Getting to No: when yes doesn’t cut it

June 14, 2013 By Susan Troccolo

It’s about time I would say. Most people have had theirs for a while now. Some people have been trying like the devil to put a lid on theirs. But I had hit the age where I wanted one: a real honest-to-goodness do-not-give-me-any-shit No. I used to have one—but I lost it—and now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Change, Dogs, Life Tagged With: Bacall and Bogart, beyond anger, choice, Hugh Grant, saying No, taking back your own power, women and power, Xena warrior princess

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